I would say give us a bell next time you are in the office - but I am on a course this week...
Errm...
Basically - Enable the Internet connection sharing... The IP address of the "master" machines network card SHOULD be 192.168.0.1 (subnet mask of 255.255.255.0) Gateway - 192.168.0.1 - if it requires it (detectable if you dial up to the net and it stops working) DNS servers - you MIGHT have to manually assign for the NIC - obtain these from your ISP - if they wibble on about "auto assigning them" tell them you are some sort of Linux geek and your flaky OS wont auto detect the DNS servers. (works for me every time). Make sure that it still dials up and works with the net after all that.
The 2nd machine - you don't HAVE to run that disc... As it usually causes more trouble than its worth. Set the IP address of the 2nd machine to 192.168.0.2 - subnet 255.255.255.0 - gateway - 192.168.0.1 PING the other machine from the command line - make sure they can talk to each other. If they can't then you have a networking problem ( cables etc etc need checking - Link lights too ) - For some reason 98 is positively flaky with cross over cables... Its wierd... Stick the connections through a hub / switch - and voila - it seems to make the difference.
Try pinging, or tracert'ing something from the command line like www.yahoo.com etc. And see what happens... Usually if it gives the error - then its a DNS problem - and you will need to specify the DNS servers in the settings for the 2nd machine.
And then after all that - many reboots etc etc - it should work. You might also need Netbios / Netbui installed (in the networking) btw... (as well as TCP/IP). It's Microsofts "trying to beat netware" way of two machines talking to each other pre-TCP/IP.
errrm
I am presuming some knowledge that you know where to set TCP IP address' and stuff - and that you haven't done the above...
But what the heck - its the most typing I have done in a while- and wastes time while I watch Neighbours with my other eye :-P
Okay...
I would say give us a bell next time you are in the office - but I am on a course this week...
Errm...
Basically - Enable the Internet connection sharing...
The IP address of the "master" machines network card SHOULD be 192.168.0.1
(subnet mask of 255.255.255.0)
Gateway - 192.168.0.1 - if it requires it (detectable if you dial up to the net and it stops working)
DNS servers - you MIGHT have to manually assign for the NIC - obtain these from your ISP - if they wibble on about "auto assigning them" tell them you are some sort of Linux geek and your flaky OS wont auto detect the DNS servers. (works for me every time).
Make sure that it still dials up and works with the net after all that.
The 2nd machine - you don't HAVE to run that disc... As it usually causes more trouble than its worth.
Set the IP address of the 2nd machine to 192.168.0.2 - subnet 255.255.255.0 - gateway - 192.168.0.1
PING the other machine from the command line - make sure they can talk to each other. If they can't then you have a networking problem ( cables etc etc need checking - Link lights too ) -
For some reason 98 is positively flaky with cross over cables... Its wierd... Stick the connections through a hub / switch - and voila - it seems to make the difference.
Try pinging, or tracert'ing something from the command line like www.yahoo.com etc. And see what happens...
Usually if it gives the error - then its a DNS problem - and you will need to specify the DNS servers in the settings for the 2nd machine.
And then after all that - many reboots etc etc - it should work.
You might also need Netbios / Netbui installed (in the networking) btw... (as well as TCP/IP).
It's Microsofts "trying to beat netware" way of two machines talking to each other pre-TCP/IP.
errrm
I am presuming some knowledge that you know where to set TCP IP address' and stuff - and that you haven't done the above...
But what the heck - its the most typing I have done in a while- and wastes time while I watch Neighbours with my other eye :-P
heheh
Let me know how it goes
Laterz!!!